2019 OSCE Annual Police Experts Meeting: Artificial Intelligence and Law Enforcement - An Ally or Adversary?

 The conference will focus on answering the following questions:

• How do developments in AI impact the work and structure of police services across the OSCE area and what new changes to policing can these technologies bring in the foreseeable future?
• How can AI technologies be exploited for criminal purposes and what at the prospects of AI-related crime in the future?
• What are the main legal, ethical, human rights and gender-related concerns of the use of AI in the work of law enforcement?
• How can international organizations, and in particular the OSCE, foster co-operation and provide a platform for the exchanging best practices and lessons learned, when it comes to these new opportunities and challenges?

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is gradually becoming one of the most important technologies of our time. Its possible applications seem almost incomprehensible and its implications for our everyday lives cause both optimistic predictions about future opportunities and serious concerns about potential risks.

Recent significant increases in computing power, growing amount of data available from rapidly digitizing world and the development of advanced algorithms have opened up new possibilities in AI.

The first session will introduce the concept of AI and the use of AI-related technologies in the work of law enforcement authorities and agencies.

The second session will explore how AI technologies can be expected to be misused for committing various forms of crime in the future, including cybercrime or human trafficking.

The third and final session will be dedicated to key legal, ethical, human rights and gender-related concerns linked to the application of AI-based technologies in the work of law enforcement authorities and agencies.

The main findings and outcomes of the meeting will be compiled in a report, which will serve as a basis for further discussions on its topics at the national, regional and international level, and as guidance for OSCE when developing and providing capacity-building and technical assistance to the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation.

The meeting, which is by invitation only, is open to law enforcement experts and other criminal justice practitioners, OSCE Delegations, representatives of regional and international organizations, technical specialists, researchers as well as civil society representatives from the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation.

All participants are kindly requested to register online through https://events.osce.org/2019-apem/registration